The Double Dealer (1693)

Author
William Congreve
Composer
Henry Purcell
Work Type
Mainpiece
Genre
Comedy
Performance Medium
Spoken Drama
Associated work receipts The physical apparatus employed on and around the stage to support, enhance and sometimes substitute the performers' enactment of drama.
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
£4,061 1s 6d £1,478 5s 6d (36.4%) £2,582 16s (63.6%)
1732 - 1809
£4,061 1s 6d - (100%) £1,478 5s 6d (36.4%) £2,582 16s (63.6%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
113 60 53
1732 - 1809
113 60 53
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
25 May 1782 Covent Garden The Double Dealer, Three Weeks after Marriage, New Quadrille, New Rondeau, The Belle of the Village, The Devonshire Minuet, The Double Surprise No No Yes £238 6d 32% N/A
03 Dec 1784 Drury Lane The Double Dealer, Arthur and Emmeline, The Merry Woodcutters No No No £114 6s N/A N/A
08 Dec 1784 Drury Lane The Double Dealer, Arthur and Emmeline, The Merry Woodcutters No No No £112 15s N/A N/A
16 Dec 1784 Drury Lane The Double Dealer, Arthur and Emmeline, The Merry Woodcutters No No No £103 11s 6d N/A N/A
03 Jan 1785 Drury Lane The Double Dealer, Arthur and Emmeline No No No £131 3s 6d N/A N/A
26 Jan 1785 Drury Lane The Double Dealer, The Caldron No No No £154 2s 6d N/A N/A
05 Feb 1785 Drury Lane The Double Dealer, The Caldron No No No £103 13s 6d N/A N/A
04 Apr 1785 Drury Lane The Double Dealer, The Critic, Comic Dance No No Yes £236 13s N/A N/A
12 May 1785 Drury Lane The Double Dealer, New Readings by Johnny Bulcalf With his Journey to London, The Irish Widow, The Slave in Chains, Stand to Your Guns No No Yes £180 15s 6d N/A N/A
29 Nov 1787 Drury Lane The Double Dealer, Richard Coeur de Lion No No No £140 19s 52% N/A
21 Dec 1787 Drury Lane The Double Dealer, The First Floor No No No £79 30% N/A
30 May 1788 Drury Lane The Double Dealer, The Double Disguise, The Irish Fair No No Yes £148 1s 6d 47% N/A
27 Feb 1802 Drury Lane The Double Dealer, Shipwreck No No No £201 12s 6d 33% N/A
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